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Differential Regulation of PD-L1 Expression by Immune and Tumor Cells in NSCLC and the Response to Treatment with Atezolizumab (Anti–PD-L1) Differential regulation of PD-L1 expression by immune and tumor cells in NSCLC and the response to treatment with atezolizumab (anti–PD-L1) Marcin Kowanetza,1, Wei Zoua, Scott N. Gettingerb, Hartmut Koeppena, Mark Kockxc, Peter Schmidd, Edward E. Kadel IIIa, Ignacio Wistubae, Jamie Chaftf, Naiyer A. Rizvig, David R. Spigelh, Alexander Spirai, Fred R. Hirschj, Victor Cohenk, Dustin Smitha, Zach Boyda, Natasha Mileya, Susan Flynna, Vincent Levequea, David S. Shamesa, Marcus Ballingera, Simonetta Moccia, Geetha Shankara, Roel Funkea, Garret Hamptona, Alan Sandlera, Lukas Amlera, Ira Mellmana,1, Daniel S. Chena, and Priti S. Hegdea aOncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080; bMedical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT 06510; cHistoGeneX, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium; dBarts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom; eTranslational Molecular Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77054; fMedical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065; gHematology and Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; hSarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN 37203; iOncology Program, Virginia Cancer Specialists, Fairfax, VA 22031; jMedical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO 80045; and kOncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1E2 Edited by Dennis A. Carson, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, and approved August 21, 2018 (received for review August 21, 2018) Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on tumor cells cell response, the mechanistic significance of PD-L1 on TC vs. IC (TCs) by immunohistochemistry is rapidly gaining importance as a is unclear. diagnostic for the selection or stratification of patients with non- PD-L1 expression is generally thought to be induced at the small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) most likely to respond to single- transcriptional level after exposure to IFN-γ released by T ef- agent checkpoint inhibitors. However, at least two distinct fector cells (Teffs) (8–10), and therefore, it was unexpected to patterns of PD-L1 expression have been observed with potential find situations where only one or the other cellular compartment biological and clinical relevance in NSCLC: expression on TC or on was PD-L1 positive. To address this issue, we have retrospec- tumor-infiltrating immune cells (ICs). We investigated the molec- tively characterized a large cohort of NSCLC tumors and found ular and cellular characteristics associated with PD-L1 expression in these distinct cell compartments in 4,549 cases of NSCLC. PD- that expression of PD-L1 by TC and IC was associated with L1 expression on IC was more prevalent and likely reflected IFN- different histological subtypes, with TC-positive tumors exhibit- γ–induced adaptive regulation accompanied by increased tumor- ing a distinctive desmoplastic phenotype. In these tumors, in- infiltrating lymphocytes and effector T cells. High PD-L1 expression vasive stromal elements were found adjacent to cancer cells that on TC, however, reflected an epigenetic dysregulation of the PD- constitutively expressed the PD-L1 gene due to hypomethylation L1 gene and was associated with a distinct histology described by of its promoter. Unlike the peritumoral stromal-rich histologies MEDICAL SCIENCES poor immune infiltration, sclerotic/desmoplastic stroma, and mesen- in other tumors (e.g., bladder cancer) that are associated with chymal molecular features. Importantly, durable clinical responses to restricted T cell infiltration and poor response to atezolizumab – atezolizumab (anti PD-L1) were observed in patients with tumors (11), patients with desmoplastic NSCLC tumors respond favor- expressing high PD-L1 levels on either TC alone [40% objective re- ably to therapy. sponse rate (ORR)] or IC alone (22% ORR). Thus, PD-L1 expression on TC or IC can independently attenuate anticancer immunity and em- phasizes the functional importance of IC in regulating the antitumor Significance T cell response. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on tumor cells PD-L1 | cancer immunotherapy | atezolizumab | checkpoints | PD-1 and tumor-infiltrating immune cells is regulated by distinct mechanisms and has nonredundant roles in regulating anti- cancer immunity, and PD-L1 on both cell types is important for gents that target the programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)/ predicting best response to atezolizumab in non-small cell programmed death-1 (PD-1) axis now constitute standard of A lung cancer. care in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are either chemotherapy naive or were previously Author contributions: M. Kowanetz, S.N.G., P.S., J.C., N.A.R., D.R.S., A. Spira, D.S., Z.B., treated with platinum-based doublet chemotherapy (1–7). In the N.M., S.F., V.L., M.B., S.M., G.S., R.F., A. Sandler, I.M., D.S.C., and P.S.H. designed research; frontline setting, pembrolizumab (anti–PD-1 antibody) has been M. Kowanetz, W.Z., H.K., M. Kockx, and E.E.K. performed research; W.Z. contributed new approved as a monotherapy in patients with tumors that are reagents/analytic tools.; M. Kowanetz, W.Z., S.N.G., P.S., I.W., F.R.H., V.C., D.S., G.H., L.A., I.M., D.S.C., and P.S.H. analyzed data; and M. Kowanetz, W.Z., S.N.G., H.K., M. Kockx, P.S., highly positive for PD-L1 on tumor cells (TCs; tumor proportion E.E.K., I.W., J.C., N.A.R., D.R.S., A. Spira, F.R.H., V.C., D.S., Z.B., N.M., S.F., V.L., D.S.S., M.B., score of ≥50%) (5), thus making PD-L1 testing a mandatory S.M., G.S., R.F., G.H., A. Sandler, L.A., I.M., D.S.C., and P.S.H. wrote the paper. diagnostic test for treatment planning. In the second-line (2L) Conflict of interest statement: M. Kowanetz, W.Z., H.K., E.E.K., D.S., Z.B., N.M., S.F., V.L., setting and beyond, atezolizumab (anti–PD-L1 antibody) has D.S.S., M.B., S.M., G.S., R.F., G.H., A. Sandler, L.A., I.M., D.S.C., and P.S.H. are full-time – employees of Genentech, which supported the research described and markets the ther- been approved as monotherapy in PD-L1 unselected NSCLC apeutic antibody atezolizumab, under study. patients based on overall survival (OS) benefit observed across This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. all PD-L1 expression subgroups in a phase 3 clinical trial OAK, This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- comparing efficacy of atezolizumab versus docetaxel in patients NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND). with previously treated NSCLC (1, 6). However, even here, pa- 1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected] or tients with high PD-L1 expression on TCs or tumor-infiltrating [email protected]. immune cells (ICs) exhibited the strongest survival benefit. Al- This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10. though these observations suggest that PD-L1 expression on TC 1073/pnas.1802166115/-/DCSupplemental. and IC plays nonredundant roles in regulating the antitumor T Published online October 8, 2018. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1802166115 PNAS | vol. 115 | no. 43 | E10119–E10126 Downloaded by guest on October 2, 2021 Results Molecular and Cellular Features Associated with PD-L1 Expression on Prevalence and Patterns of PD-L1 Expression in NSCLC. Baseline tumor TC and IC. To study the molecular/cellular features associated specimens from 4,549 first-line (1L) and 2L+ NSCLC patients with the differential expression of PD-L1 on TC vs. IC, we fo- – received from four phase 1/2 atezolizumab trials (SI Appendix,Fig. cused our analysis on PD-L1 negative (TC0 and IC0), TC3, and S1) were analyzed for PD-L1 expression by trained pathologists IC3 NSCLC tumor specimens as representative cases for the distinct patterns of PD-L1 expression observed. These tumors [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved complementary were comprehensively characterized by histopathology, gene diagnostic SP142 immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay] (Fig. 1A). expression, and methylation analyses. IC3 tumors were charac- Differences among the various PD-L1 IHC reagents in NSCLC terized by an immune-rich microenvironment (Fig. 2) with sig- have been reported (12). Thus, to validate the results in- nificantly higher numbers of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells within the dependently, we studied the association of PD-L1 expression on tumor as well as higher numbers of overall tumor-infiltrating PD-L1 TC or IC at the validated diagnostic cutoffs with increasing lymphocytes (TILs) (Fig. 2 A and B and SI Appendix, Fig. S3). mRNA levels as an orthogonal measure of expression (Fig. 1B). Furthermore, IC3 tumors were characterized by the contextual The IHC analysis identified four distinct patterns of PD- localization of immune infiltrates in the intraepithelial (Fig. 2C), L1 expression within the tumor microenvironment (TME): TC epithelial–stromal interface (Fig. 2D), and stromal regions (Fig. only, IC only, TC and IC, and neither TC nor IC expression (PD- 2 E and F), whereas TC3 tumors were characterized by TILs L1 negative) (Fig. 1C). PD-L1 expression on IC was the pre- largely confined to the peritumoral stromal region. Consistent dominant pattern. In the largest PD-L1–expressing subgroup with a highly infiltrated phenotype, IC3 tumors showed signifi- IFNG (TC1/2/3 or IC1/2/3), ∼33% of patients had tumors with PD- cantly higher expression of Teff-associated genes (including , L1 expression restricted to IC, 6% had PD-L1 expression re- GZMB,andCXCL9) vs. TC3 tumors (Fig. 2 G and H and SI Appendix γ– stricted to TC, and 26% had PD-L1 expression on both TC and IC ,Fig.S4), suggesting IFN- mediated adaptive regula- (Fig.
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